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Course Catalog 1998/99


Chemical and Metallurgical Eng

KMK039 Environmental Chemistry 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q IV

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Douglas Baxter Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
Basic qualifications

COURSE AIM


CONTENTS
The course is divided into four parts:

i) Energy
ii) Atmosphere
iii) Hydrosphere
iv) Biosphere

The four parts are sub-divided into following sections:
i1) Introduction
i2) Fossil fuels
i3) Nuclear energy
i4) Renewable energy
i5) Energy utilization
i6) Problem set I

ii1) Climate
ii2) Oxygen chemistry
ii3) Stratospheric ozone
ii4) Air pollution
ii5) Problem set II

iii1) Water resources
iii2) From clouds to runoff: water as solvent
iii3) Lakes, rivers, wetlands and seas: water as ecological medium.
iii4) Water pollutin and water treatment
iii5) Problem set III

iv1) Nitrogen and food production
iv2) Insecticides and herbicides
iv3) Toxic chemicals
iv4) Problem set IV


TEACHING


EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U,3,4,5

ITEMS/CREDITS

2.70ECTS
2.40ECTS
Laboratory work 0.90ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Thomas G. Spiro, William M. Stigliani: Chemistry of the Environment, Prentice-Hall Inc. 1996

Further information: Douglas Baxter

Valid for school year 1998/99.
Current version this school year:http://www.luth.se/stuka

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